Elden Ring

[Executor]

Re: Elden Ring

Based on my "progress" so far, I might never be able to finish this game, but man it's so damn addictive...

16 hours in, Level 29, and still only running around Limgrave. One mini boss down (Beastman of [something] Azula, or whatever), couple of giants slain, even one with the sword near the Third Church of Marika, but not much else to show for it.

I am probably a little overleveled, but the damn Tree Sentinel is still a no-no, similar to the giant bears in Mistwood, not to mention Flying Dragon Agheel (I didn't even think about taking on that one), so I can't possibly dream of going after somebody like Margit yet.

I went with half-mage, half-dex build, hoping to strike a balance between ranged magic attacks and quick melee fights, but so far I feel like a jack of all trades but master of none.

But it's worth every invested second of my time, every penny spent, even if I never get any far. The addiction level is simply off the charts. It might never become the best game I have played in my lifetime, but I also never felt this invested before.

[JazzMan]

Re: Elden Ring

Has anyone made it to the Academy of Raya Lucaria yet?

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The Renalla boss fight is kicking my *** lol I finally got to Phase 2 last night and she one-shot me with a spell instantly. I'm level 51, wonder if I might be a little underleveled for her yet lmao.

This game is so good. And so massive, it's ridiculous. This might be a bit of a slow-burner for me just so I can appreciate the scale of it and try and absorb as much as I can on my first playthrough, RDR2 style

[bcruise]

Re: Elden Ring

Has anyone made it to the Academy of Raya Lucaria yet?

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The Renalla boss fight is kicking my *** lol I finally got to Phase 2 last night and she one-shot me with a spell instantly. I'm level 51, wonder if I might be a little underleveled for her yet lmao.

This game is so good. And so massive, it's ridiculous. This might be a bit of a slow-burner for me just so I can appreciate the scale of it and try and absorb as much as I can on my first playthrough, RDR2 style

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I actually had far less trouble with this boss than I did Margit, Godrick, or the dog earlier in Raya. I'm assuming you figured out the first part since I know all too well what attack you're talking about. I'm not sure if it matters how much HP or mitigation you have - if you eat the full force of that beam, you're probably going to die. Have you tried summoning spirits yet? Not co-op - I mean using the spirit calling bell on ashes that you've picked up along the journey. No matter which ones you have anything that gets her attention off of you is a good thing in that fight. You'll have to dodge the death beam at least once at the start of the fight (and it's okay if you get clipped a little bit - as long as you don't stay in the beam you'll probably be okay), but if whatever you summon can draw aggro for you hopefully you won't have to worry much about it after that. Having something else for Rennala to target in that fight is important for the later parts of it too - you'll probably get overwhelmed easily if it's just solo. She seemed to have proportionally less HP than Godrick did, and when I won the fight it didn't take nearly as long as that one. I'm pretty sure I was leveled in my 40's when I beat her.

[mikenoob]

Re: Elden Ring

Has anyone made it to the Academy of Raya Lucaria yet?

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The Renalla boss fight is kicking my *** lol I finally got to Phase 2 last night and she one-shot me with a spell instantly. I'm level 51, wonder if I might be a little underleveled for her yet lmao.

This game is so good. And so massive, it's ridiculous. This might be a bit of a slow-burner for me just so I can appreciate the scale of it and try and absorb as much as I can on my first playthrough, RDR2 style

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Most of her spells can be dodged simply by running left or right. At least that is what I did on both my PC and PS5 saves.

I believe I'm near the end of the game and I am absolutely hard stuck on two bosses.

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Elden Beast and Malenia

The first one I can see being doable with a my strength build with a colossal weapon. But the second boss? No way I can even get a swing in with her long combos and ridiculous gimmick.

[Funkycorm]

Re: Elden Ring

Has anyone made it to the Academy of Raya Lucaria yet?

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The Renalla boss fight is kicking my *** lol I finally got to Phase 2 last night and she one-shot me with a spell instantly. I'm level 51, wonder if I might be a little underleveled for her yet lmao.

This game is so good. And so massive, it's ridiculous. This might be a bit of a slow-burner for me just so I can appreciate the scale of it and try and absorb as much as I can on my first playthrough, RDR2 style

Took me a while to figure

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out the first half then came the second half and well ouch.

Tip:

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Don't summon till the start of the second half. Let her cast her first spell and dodge it then bring out the wolf summon. She stuns every time she gets hit. You also have to use melee only on her.

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[bhurst99]

Re: Elden Ring

I finally took down Margit, the Fell Omen when I was at level 38. I started trying when I was around level 30 which was a big mistake but I read that some people were killing him at around level 25/26. Since I’ve killed him I’ve read other suggestions that people should wait until level 40. Really depends on your weapons and build. Must have tried like 50 times to kill him before I was successful.

On the other had, I had no problem killing Flying Dragon Agheel. Did it on my first try.

Can’t handle Godrick the Grafted yet. Decided to level up before I try another run at him. The fact that you can bypass some of these bosses and go to a new map was a brilliant design decision.

I find it very difficult as an Astrologer to find new spells and weapons. There seems to be tons of cool swords for tanks but not a whole lot of cool spells and weapons. Some of the spells are useless. (I’m looking at you Glinstone Stars). I finally had to break down and consult YouTube for advice as to where to go to get new spells and weapons. I hate doing that as I like to find things in open world games simply by exploring. That’s part of the fun of exploring – finding some new item that feels unique, useful and powerful . I almost feel like it’s cheating to go consult YouTube but this game makes it very hard to find out information.

I’ve put notes on the maps to signal what bosses I’ve killed, where there are vendors, where there are cave entrances, etc. but I’m going to have to start keeping notes on a laptop because I think you can only have a maximum of 100 things noted on the map. That’s not nearly enough

The world is definitely enthralling. I’ve got issues with the story telling but it’s one of the all-time great open world games

[Executor]

Re: Elden Ring

I finally took down Margit, the Fell Omen when I was at level 38. I started trying when I was around level 30 which was a big mistake but I read that some people were killing him at around level 25/26. Since I’ve killed him I’ve read other suggestions that people should wait until level 40. Really depends on your weapons and build. Must have tried like 50 times to kill him before I was successful.

On the other had, I had no problem killing Flying Dragon Agheel. Did it on my first try.

Can’t handle Godrick the Grafted yet. Decided to level up before I try another run at him. The fact that you can bypass some of these bosses and go to a new map was a brilliant design decision.

I find it very difficult as an Astrologer to find new spells and weapons. There seems to be tons of cool swords for tanks but not a whole lot of cool spells and weapons. Some of the spells are useless. (I’m looking at you Glinstone Stars). I finally had to break down and consult YouTube for advice as to where to go to get new spells and weapons. I hate doing that as I like to find things in open world games simply by exploring. That’s part of the fun of exploring – finding some new item that feels unique, useful and powerful . I almost feel like it’s cheating to go consult YouTube but this game makes it very hard to find out information.

I’ve put notes on the maps to signal what bosses I’ve killed, where there are vendors, where there are cave entrances, etc. but I’m going to have to start keeping notes on a laptop because I think you can only have a maximum of 100 things noted on the map. That’s not nearly enough

The world is definitely enthralling. I’ve got issues with the story telling but it’s one of the all-time great open world games

I know a guy who beat Margit close to Lvl 19 with +1 Greatsword or something, first try. It was a great fight.

Me, I mustered the courage to go after him only at Lvl 48 with +4 Twinblade and +4 Astrologer Staff, and killed him on my 8th or 9th run. Talk about overleveled, LOL.

Now Stormveil is finally open for exploring.

I have generally been very productive the last two days, having beaten 3 CPU invades (of which I am especially proud, they are tough), namely

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Anastasia the Tarnished Eater, the guy on Stormhill, and the Bloody Finger whatever near Patches' cave

and couple of dungeon mini bosses on Monday, and Margit, the damn Tree Sentinel (on maybe 10th try yeasterday alone) and a Deathbringer yeasterday.

I also have a new no-no, the Night's Cavalry, and might try Flying Dragon Agheel today.

57 hours in.

Still a great game, still incredibly addictive.

[mikenoob]

Re: Elden Ring

I finally took down Margit, the Fell Omen when I was at level 38. I started trying when I was around level 30 which was a big mistake but I read that some people were killing him at around level 25/26. Since I’ve killed him I’ve read other suggestions that people should wait until level 40. Really depends on your weapons and build. Must have tried like 50 times to kill him before I was successful.

On the other had, I had no problem killing Flying Dragon Agheel. Did it on my first try.

Can’t handle Godrick the Grafted yet. Decided to level up before I try another run at him. The fact that you can bypass some of these bosses and go to a new map was a brilliant design decision.

I find it very difficult as an Astrologer to find new spells and weapons. There seems to be tons of cool swords for tanks but not a whole lot of cool spells and weapons. Some of the spells are useless. (I’m looking at you Glinstone Stars). I finally had to break down and consult YouTube for advice as to where to go to get new spells and weapons. I hate doing that as I like to find things in open world games simply by exploring. That’s part of the fun of exploring – finding some new item that feels unique, useful and powerful . I almost feel like it’s cheating to go consult YouTube but this game makes it very hard to find out information.

I’ve put notes on the maps to signal what bosses I’ve killed, where there are vendors, where there are cave entrances, etc. but I’m going to have to start keeping notes on a laptop because I think you can only have a maximum of 100 things noted on the map. That’s not nearly enough

The world is definitely enthralling. I’ve got issues with the story telling but it’s one of the all-time great open world games

To get around that map marker limitation, do it the other way around. I put markers on the map of bosses I have found but NOT killed. Still allows me to mark vendors as well. Also, you don't really have to mark cave entrances as I believe most of not all caves/dungeons have a site of grace at the very start of them

[mikenoob]

Re: Elden Ring

New patch with lots of balance changes to certain skills and spells. Also surprised they added additional questlines for some NPCs

https://www.bandainamcoent.com/news/elden-ring-patch-notes-v1-03

[Executor]

Re: Elden Ring

New patch with lots of balance changes to certain skills and spells. Also surprised they added additional questlines for some NPCs

https://www.bandainamcoent.com/news/...ch-notes-v1-03

Will these changes apply to existing (offline) playthrough as well?

[mikenoob]

Re: Elden Ring

Will these changes apply to existing (offline) playthrough as well?

Yep unless you don't download that patch update

[tc020791]

Re: Elden Ring

Really wish this game had a photo mode.

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[JazzMan]

Re: Elden Ring

Almost done with the Capital, did Ranni's full questline already, just have a few more spots to hit up after I'm finished with the Capital before I take on the final string of bosses

Sitting at 110 hours. I think this might legit be my favorite game of all-time

[ch46647]

Re: Elden Ring

I’ve just lit the Flame in the Moutaintop of Giants. Hoping to wrap this up over the weekend.

Incredible game. Lived up to all the hype for me.

[ch46647]

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The endgame bosses are no joke. I’m currently sitting at a stalemate with three separate bosses and cannot beat any of them.

I’m going to have to really hunker down this weekend and beat them.